Upfront expenses and monthly payments must be considered when calculating the return on your investment.EXAMPLEYou cash out $100,000 of your equity and use this as a down payment on a $400,000 investment property.

@Marlon OlivaresAssess your financial situation and calculate potential rental income to determine if house hacking is a viable strategy.

If you want to calculate how much you need on your own then1.

4) Is there any good way to "calculate" the new appraised value ahead of time to know what to fix/rehab?

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Create notifications, utilize rental property calculations, and arrange viewings and open houses.

Again, happy to coordinate with YOUR contractors for services but no, no assurance of any price because we are a PMc not a remodeling firm nor a painting contractor, right. 6) They want tiered PM Fees based on occupancy.... for example (their example): at 90% they would pay 8% PM fees, at 70% occupancy they would pay 2% PM Fees, and at 50% occupancy we would part ways.Sure, I'd be happy to do this WITH an addendum that for any vacancy do to there actions or inactions those units be accounted as leased for calculations. 

-Calculate your own cash-on-cash-Contingency 14-day inspection

Remember to calculate your holding cost for taxes, insurance and cost of money.   

BiggerPockets also has a calculator you can use to analyze deals and I highly recommend you start this as soon as possible, even if you are not ready to buy.